# NTSB LAX00LA164: Cessna U206G, N7260N, Parker, AZ, April 20, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: April 20, 2000, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Parker, AZ - Coordinates: 34.079387, -114.220031 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0794&lon=-114.2200&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 17, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 49019 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX00LA164 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49019/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA164 ## Probable cause The failure of the pilot to obtain the proper airspeed during landing, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent porpoise down the runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - distance/speed - not obtained/maintained, pilot in command (cause) - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - encountered, pilot in command - Nose down, landing ## Analysis The pilot reported that on final approach he was too high and too fast for landing. He attempted to lose altitude too quickly, which increased his airspeed above the recommended landing airspeed. After touchdown the airplane porpoised down the runway breaking off the nose landing gear wheel. The airplane skidded off the runway, nosed down, and then back down on its main landing gear. No mechanical malfunctions were reported. ## Factual narrative On April 20, 2000, at 1530 hours mountain standard time, a Cessna U206G, N7260N, departed runway 19 after landing at the Avi Suquilla Airport, Parker, Arizona. The airplane, owned and operated by the pilot under 14 CFR Part 91, sustained substantial damage. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed for the solo cross-country instructional flight that departed the Goodyear, Arizona, airport at 1438, with scheduled stops at the Avi Suquilla and Blythe, California, airports and back to Goodyear. A visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan had been filed. The pilot reported that the landing approach was too high and he tried to overcorrect resulting in an increase in airspeed on landing. After initial touchdown the airplane porpoised down the runway. On the second bounce the nose wheel was broken off, and on the third bounce the propeller struck the runway. The airplane skidded off the left side of the runway coming to rest in the dirt. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical anomalies noted with the airplane. Witnesses to the accident reported that they had been in a hangar talking when they heard a loud screech. They looked outside and saw the accident airplane bouncing down the runway without a front wheel. The airplane bounced about 2 feet in the air, and when it came back down, it slid down the runway on its nose where it exited the runway to the east side. They saw the airplane nose down and then back down on the main landing gear. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7260N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7260N-2019-01-18), registration cancelled 2019-01-18, S/N U20603590, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna U206G - Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U20603590 - Airframe hours: 2316 - Engines: Continental IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Richard Adams Revocable Trust - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 3, 1999, 25 hours before - Departed: GYR, GOODYEAR, AZ - Destination: P20 - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: P20, Avi Supquilla, runway 19, 4,800 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 59; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 48 total, 24 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 120° at 7 knots - Visibility: 40 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 28 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: BLH, 44 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000420011449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000420011449A), Apr 20, 2000: Cessna U206G, Parker, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) My landing approach was high and I tried to get down too quickly-landing speed was above normal-the plane porpoised and came down on nose gear and… From the NTSB's public API. 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